(...) Haas will play second-seeded Gilles Simon in Friday’s quarterfinals.

“You don’t think he has a lot of power when you look at him, he’s skinny and small,” Haas said. “But he does have some speed in his ground strokes as well. He runs the balls down and doesn’t make a lot of mistakes. It really comes down to how I play. I have to be aggressive and solid and take my chances.”

He says himself he just tried to keep the ball in play, so he definitely didn't play serve&volley! And he had horrible serve stats again.
Even some French articles copied that non-sense, I can understand US websites don't see it's BS because they don't know him, but French tennis websites should realize it's obviously a mistake!
Like when they copied last time the article of the ATP mixing up his serve stats and those of Groth...

I quite agree with him, since MTF doesn't want to give him any credit, he was by far not playing great tennis, but I did like his returns and his mental strength in the 2nd set when he broke back immediately and finally took that set, it was not just Haas completely losing it at that time of the match.
Poor serve stats again, though (under 50% in the first 2 sets - he said he would try to reach the 60% today!)

Querrey next, it will be their first match. Only delayed coverage of the semi and the final on Eurosport (and I doubt they will pick his semi here).

Simon the hard way
He has troubles adapting to the heat, but patience and audacity brought him to the semi-final.
"At the end of our 2nd round match, Becker came to the net laughing and told me: 'Is it me or is it just impossible to play here?' It was 40°C! Blake has been playing every day at 19 o'clock when the temperatures have cooled down, while I've been playing since the beginning at 15 o'clock in the blazing sun. But never mind, that's the reason why I came here." To have a tough time and get ready for the next tournaments. "I know by experience one needs at least 10 days to adapt. I decided to take some time off after Wimbledon before the start of the second half of the season. If I make it to the final stage here, it will prove I did the right choice when I gave up on the European clay tournaments."
But he almost lost yesterday. "Haas was leading 6-4 3-1. I was not good, I was not returning well, he had the edge. Then I managed to relax, I played 3 great returns, I broke back and I played a great game with nice baseline rallies to come back at 3-3. From then on I was having the edge."
Haas never recovered from it. Simon admits he was "lucky", though: "I was able to play the right shots at the right time, but it's true my level of game is not high. I'm alone here [Tulasne still is on vacation], I'm frustrated, but my tennis is coming back slowly day by day. I stick to my line of conduct, I don't implode. Being ranked #25 helps, it's a matter of confidence. My opponents get tight and I'm relax."
"Actually, nobody is playing well here. It's tough to control the ball, especially in return. If I keep returning well, my opponent doesn't matter. I've never played against Querrey. We'll see, but whatever happens, I'm cool/fresh in my mind."

I just came back home, but it's probably better I was not home to follow that.
The French websites say he was leading 4-2 in the 2nd set? And everybody is saying in GM it was so brutally hot and they looked like they were about to faint - I hardly feel like celebrating, I just hope he'll be fine tomorrow. Why couldn't he just hold in the 2nd set? And that draw in Toronto...

English posters could see the match apparently, was it on Eurosport? Did anybody here see the match?